Photo: Bull Takes a Stand

Sometimes farm animals just want to get out and stretch their legs.

That seemed to have been the case in Alachua County Monday morning when a rather sizeable bull managed to escape his enclosure to wander around a yard. The creature created enough of a ruckus that Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies were called out to the scene and asked to make sure he got home safe and sound.

The bull, however, was having none of it. Rather than go home like a good not-so-little boy, the critter showed deputies just who was boss by climbing onto the trunk of their patrol cruiser.

“Apparently, the bull wanted to stay out longer,” the sheriff’s office explained on its Facebook page.

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It’s unclear just how long it took deputies to get the bull back in its enclosure or if any charges were filed. It’s also unclear if the bull was inspired by the Putnam County goat who was “charged with disorderly intoxication” last September after climbing onto a cruiser to play king of the hill. The goat was “promptly apprehended” and “charged with disorderly intoxication.” Rumor has it the goat was later released back into its pasture on its own recognizance.

As for the bull incident, Alachua deputies are chalking it up as “just another day at the sheriff’s office.”

Photo courtesy of the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office

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